NOW:
NOW !
NOW !
Somewhere along the line…
- we as Christians,
have lost the meaning of the word NOW where it pertains to scripture.
We have a tendency to read that word in scripture as in the “sweet by and by” not the present. Doing so, we fail to apply it to our life and in our everyday situations, not realizing it’s our state of being. It’s not something to achieve or work for.
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 TPT
1 NOW, since we are God’s coworkers. we beg you not to take God’s marvelous grace for granted, allowing it to have no effect on your lives.
2 For He says, “I listened to you at the time of My favor. And the day when you needed salvation, I came to your aid!” So can’t you see? NOW is the time to respond to His favor! NOW is the day of salvation!
Now: In the present time. Under the present circumstances. Existing. In this moment and forever.
Salvation: (Sótéria) which means: deliverance, safety, welfare, prosperity, preservation, to save, to rescue. God's rescue which delivers believers out of destruction and into His safety.
Read that scripture again applying the definitions of those words as you read:
Ex: Right at this moment is the time to respond to His favor. Right at this moment is the day of my of salvation. (my deliverance, my safety, my welfare, my prosperity, my preservation)
Let this simmer in your soul until the Holy Spirit gives you the full revelation on how to believe and stand up in it.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, NOW are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
Ephesians 4:23-24
23 NOW it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you.
24 And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has re-created you all over again in His perfect righteousness, and you NOW belong to Him in the Realm of True Holiness.
My brothers and sisters, you in this present time, belong to Jesus in the Realm of His Holiness. You are not on the outside looking in but in the Realm of Holiness learning how to stand up in it. Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you how this is so. The Holy Spirit is revelation. You cannot fellowship with Him and not get revelation. Every time you read the Epistles, highlight the scriptures having the word NOW.
This is your state of being.